Bucket and barrel package



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R. H. COMPTON.

` BUCKET A ND'BARREL PAGKALE.-

Patented 1200.2

9, 1882. 'muulunmmw UNtiran STATES PATENT Ormea..

ROBERT H. COMPTON, OF DUNNIGS, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUCKET AND BARREL PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,638, dated December 2G, 1882.

Application filed N'cvembcr 13, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. COMPTON, of Dnnnings, in the county of Lackawanna and State ot' Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and uset'ul Improvements in Bucket and Barrel Packages; and Ido berebydeclare the following` to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a view showing the parts ofthe .invention detached. Fig. 2 is a longitudinall vertical section ofthe package with all ofthe parts in position. Fig. 3 is a similar view with the parts put together in a different manner.

Similar letters ot' reference in the several figures denote the'sa-me parts.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved package for the storage and trans portation offruits,vegetables, butter,'and other produce; and it consists ot' a package constructed and adapted for use substantially as I will now proceed to describe.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a barrel or similar vessel, which may be of wood, paper, or other material specially prepared for the purpose, or may consist simply of an ordinary wooden tlour-ba rrel with its lower head, B, fitted into place, and having a central perforation, b, as shown. Extending through the perforations in the head B and up through the center oi' the barrel is a rod, O, having` a suitable collar or cross-bar, c, at its lower end bearing against the outside ot' said head, as shown.

D D are tubular sections, ot' wood, paper, or other suitable material, adapted to fit upon and cover the rod O within the barrel. E is an adjustable partition adapted to tit upon the rod C, and to be locked thereto by a setscrew, c, or equivalent device. F is the removable head ot' the barrel, through aperforation in the center of which passes the upper end ot' the rod C, and G is an eccentric clamp pivoted to the top ot' the head F, and adapted when turned to clamp argd securely hold the rod O.

In fitting the parts of the package together the lower tubular section, D, the partition e, the upper tubular section, D', and the head F may each be slipped on the rod C in the order named, thereby forming a package having an upper and lower compartment, each of which may contain and retain intact fruit, vegetables, or other produce of the same kind and' quality, or ot' the same kind and different quality, or of different kinds. The central partition being secured b vits set-screwto the rod sustains the weight of the material above it,

them, as indicated in Fig. 3, thus making a siugle-compartment package.

Itis obvious that by increasing the number ot tubular sections and adjustable partitions a package containing a larger n timber' ot' compartments can be produced, if desired.

As applied to packages for con taining butter and the like my invention will be found to be particularly useful. The tubular sections, loesides operating to control the size ofthe compart-ments, completely cover the metal rod and leave no metal surface for the butter to come in contact with.

Otheradvantages than those en timer-ated will dow from the use of my invention, as will be apparent upon reection.

When an ordinary barrel provided with my attachments is used for transportation purposes all the attachments Ican he removed and shipped back knocked down 7 when the barrel reaches its destination, and the barrel left behind.

Instead of employing the eccentric cam G as a means for securing the rod C, the latter may be screw-threaded at its upper end, and

-a suitable Ascrew-nut. screwed upon the rod on the outside ot the head F.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim as new- 1. The herein described transporting and storing package, cousistiugot' the exterior shell or barrel having` the xed perforated head, the rod extending through the barrel, the tubular sections, the partition, the removable perforated head, and the niennstbrsecuriugthe rod justment, the Whole arranged snbstantinllyns to the removable head, substantially as set forth. described.

2. The combination, with the exterior shell )Vl f' )V T 0r barrel having the perforatedfixed head, 0f l 'lohhl' 11' 0311' '105' the throughod, the tubular sections7 and the \Vitnesses: adjustable partition, with means foi` securing C. XV. ROESLER, :it t0 the rod at thea-ppmplizite point of ad- 1. B. HOWE. 

